London Regiment (1993)

London Regiment
Regimental Cap star of the London Regiment
Active Since 20 April 1993
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Branch  British Army
Type Infantry
Role Army Reserve
Size Battalion
Part of Guards Division
Garrison/HQ St John's Hill, London[1]
March Londons Return
Commanders
Royal Honorary Colonel HRH The Earl of Wessex[2]
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash
Tartan Hodden Grey (A Company)
Saffron (D Company pipers kilts)

The London Regiment is an infantry regiment in the Army Reserve of the British Army. It was raised in 1993, perpetuating the lineage of some (but not all) the battalions of an earlier regiment of the same name.

History

Pipes & drums of A (London Scottish) Company and D (London Irish Rifles) Company and the Corps of Drums of C (City of London Fusiliers) Company at the Lord Mayor's Show, together with the pipes & drums of the Toronto Scottish (an affiliated regiment).

The London Regiment was reformed in 1993 through the regimentation of some of the remaining successors of the original regiment (not including, for example the Honourable Artillery Company, Artists Rifles and Kensington Regiment (Princess Louise's)). At formation it consisted of:[3][4]

Two companies of the Royal Green Jackets, F Company[lower-alpha 1] and G Company,[lower-alpha 2] formed part of the regiment between 1998 and 2004.[4]

In May 2004 Messines company, which was made up from an HQ and included two platoons from across the London Regiment deployed to Iraq.[5]

Following the restructuring of the British Army in 2004, it was announced that the Guards Division would gain a TA battalion. This saw the London Regiment retaining its name and multi-badge structure, while transferring from the Queen's Division to the Guards Division. The two Royal Green Jackets companies were transferred to the Royal Rifle Volunteers in preparation for the formation of The Rifles in 2007.[6]

In July 2017 B Company transferred to the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment to become B Company, 4th Battalion The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment[7] and C Company transferred to the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers to become C Company, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.[8]

Current structure

The London Regiment is the only reserve infantry battalion completely in London District (though the Parachute Regiment reserve maintains a considerable presence in London). It currently consists of five companies:[9]

  • HQ Company[10]
    • Signals Platoon
    • Quartermasters Platoon
    • Medical Section
    • Motor Transport Section
    • REME Detachment
  • A (London Scottish) Company[11]
    • 1 Platoon
    • London Scottish Pipes and Drumms
    • 2 Platoon
    • Mortar Platoon
  • B (Queen's) Company[12]
    • 4 Platoon
    • 6 Platoon
    • Machine-Gun (The Diehards) Platoon
  • C (City of London Fusiliers) Company[13]
    • 7 Platoon
    • Assault Pioneer Platoon
    • Corps of Drums
  • D (London Irish) Company[14]
    • 13 Platoon
    • 15 Platoon
    • Anti-tank Platoon
    • Pipes and Drums

Notes

  1. ↑ Successor to 9th and 16th Battalions London Regiment (1908)
  2. ↑ Successor to 5th and 12th Battalions London Regiment (1908).

References

  1. ↑ "West of St John's Road" (PDF). English Heritage. p. 27. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "No. 59772". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 May 2011. p. 8211.
  3. ↑ "History of the Regiment". The London Scottish Regiment. Archived from the original on June 12, 2003. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  4. 1 2 "London Regiment". British Army units 1945 on. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "A (London Scottish) Company, the London Regiment in Iraq". The London Scottish Regiment. Archived from the original on March 4, 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "The Rifles". British Army units 1945 on. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "Tigers come to Edgware". The Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Association for Greater London. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "First camp for the enhanced and expanded Fifth Fusiliers". The Fusiliers. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "The London Regiment". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Companies". 2007-09-18. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  11. ↑ "A (London Scottish)Coy". 2007-08-18. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  12. ↑ "B (Queens) Coy". 2007-08-18. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  13. ↑ "C (City of London Fusiliers) Coy". 2007-08-21. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  14. ↑ "D (London Irish) Coy". 2007-08-21. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
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